The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15

sky. One book In . drenched sailors
mouth the evangelisstion Of multitude.
One bost OF papyrus on ths Nile freighted
with events for all ages. The fate Of
Christendom in . basket let down from .
window on the wall.
What you do, do we'll. II you mako .
rope m AXE It strong and true, for you
know not how much may depend on your
workmanship II you fashion boat let
1t Be waterproof. for you know not who
may sail in it II you put Bible in the
trunk Of your boy - he goes from homo.
let it bo heard In your prayers, for 1t may
have . mission as far-reachin2 ~ the
book which the sailor carried In his teeth
to the Pitcairn beach. The plainest mans
life is an island between two eternities
eternity past ripping against his
eternity to como touching his
brow. Tho casual, the accidental, that
which merely happened 80, are parts Of .
great plan, and the rope that lets tho
fugitive apostle from tbs Damascus wall
Is the cable that holds to its mooring the
ship Of the Church in the northeast storm
of the centuries.
Again, notice unrecognized unrecorded
services. Who spun that ropsl Who tied
1t to the basket Who steadied the illus
trious preacher as he stepped into it.
Who relaxed not . muscle Of the arm or
dismissed an anxious look from his face
until the basket touched the ground and
its magnificent csrgol Not
one OF their names has come to US, but
there was no work done that day in
Damascus or in all the earth compared
with the importance Of their work. W hat
il they had in the agitation tied knot
that could slipl What if the sound of the
mob at the door had led them to say:
'tPaul must take care of himself, and
we will take care Of ourselves"
No. moi They held the rope, and in do
ing 50 did more for the Christian Church
than any thousand of us will ever &C.
complish. But God knows and has made
eternal record Of their q Undertaking. And
they know. How exultant they must
have felt when they read his letters to
the Romans, to the Corinthians, to the
to the Ephcsians, to the Philip
plans, to the Colossians, to the Thessalon.
ians, to Timothy, to Titus, to Philemon, to
the Hebrews, and when they heard how he
walked out Of prison with the earth
quake unlocking the door for him, and
took com mand Of the Alexandrian corn
ship when the sailors were scared nearly
to death, and preached sermon that
shook Felix of his judgment seat. hear
the mon and women who helped him
down through the window and over the
wall talking in private over the matter,
and saying:
allow glad am that We effected that
the glory of Paul's work, but no one
o11 - To- tfN ~ IT,
ing that We held the rope"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
everv moment to go to the bottom of the
ocean. The waves struck through the
Bkylights and rushed down into the hold
Of the ship and Kissed against the boilers.
It was an awful time, but by the BILE ssing
of God and the faithfulness Of the men in
charge we came out Of the cyclone and
we arrived at home. Each one before
leaving the ship thanked Captain An
ilrews. lido not think there was man or
that went of that ship without
Captain Andrews, and when
years after heard of his death. l was inn
PEELED to write a letter Of coincidence to
mis- family in Liverpool. Everybody rec
ognized the goodness, the courage, the
kindness of Captain Andrews, but it &C.
,urs to mo now that VIC never thanked
he engineer. He stood away down in
he darkness anil the Kissing furnaces
ioing his whole duty. Nobody thanked
he engineer, but God recognized his
leroism and his continuance and his
idelity, and there will be Just as high
'eward for the engineer. who worked out
# sight, as for the Captain, who stood on
he bridge of the ship in the midst of the
rowling tempest.
There are sail to be about $4,000 min
s,ers of religion in this country, About
2, 900 " arrant came from early homes
which had to struggle for the necessities
# life. The sons Of rich bankers and
merchants generally become bankers and
merchants. The most of those who be-
ome ministers are the sons Of those who
lad terrific struggle to get their every
lay bread. The collegiate and theological
ducation Of that son took every luxury
rom the parental table for eight years.
The other children were more scantily ap.
,areled. The son at college every little
while got a bundle from home. In it were
he socks that mother had knit, sitting up
ate at night, her sight not as good as once
{ was. And there also were soma delica-
lies from the sisters hand for the vora.
lous appetite of q hungry student. The
ather swung the heavy cradle through
he whe at, the sweat rolling from his chin
every step of the way, and then
lifting down under the cherry tree at
loon thinking to himself.
II am fearfully tired, but 1t will pay il
can once see that boy through college,
md if can know that he will be preach
ng the Gospel after l am dead"
The younger children want to know
Why they can't have this and that, rs
'thers do, and the mother says:
'Be patient, my children, until your
brother graduates, and then you shall
lave more luxuries, but we must see that
10Y through"
The years go by and the son has been
'rda,ned and is preaching the glorious
Gospel, and a great revival comes, and
ouls by scores and hundreds accept the
Gospel from the lips of that young
preacher, and father aud mother, quit
Id now, are visiting the son at the viii
age parsonage, and at the close Of a Sab
,ath Of mighty blessing father and
mother retire to their room, the son light
ng the way and asking them if he Can do
my thing to make them more comfortable,
aging if they want any thing in the
light just to knock on the wall. And
hen, all alone. father and mother talk
'ver the gracious Influences Of the day,
md say:
'.Well, it was worth all we went
through to educate that boy. L. was
lard pull, but we held on till the work
vas done. The world may not know il,
nut mother, we he Id the rope, didn't wef'
And the voice tremu!ous with iovf ul
motion, responded:
Eyes, father, we held the ropa. I feel
ny work is done. Now, Lord, lettest
hou thy servant depart IN peace, for
nine eyes have seen thy salvation
"Pshawv says the father. ~ never felt
% much like living in my life as now. !